Alex Jones unloaded on Donald Trump Thursday over the president's decision to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the Department of Justice, calling it "terrible news" and accusing Blanche of betraying Trump's MAGA base.Trump announced his intent to nominate Blanche during a White House event Wednesday evening. Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer, has served as acting AG since April after Trump fired Pam Bondi.Jones tore into the nomination on his show Thursday morning. "Terrible. Democrat lawyer. Sold everybody out," he said on the Alex Jones Network. "Killed the investigations into the government weaponization against Trump's top supporters. It's just really terrible news."The criticism carries a personal edge. Jones lost control of Infowars after The Onion acquired it in a bankruptcy auction tied to a $1.5 billion Sandy Hook defamation judgment against him — a takeover Jones is still fighting in court. In September 2025, Blanche ordered a DOJ official, according to the Associated Press, to drop an inquiry into that lawsuit — one Jones had celebrated as proof the DOJ was fighting "illegal lawfare" against him.Jones also seized on the controversy surrounding UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland, who claims in a social media video that he was barred from a White House UFC event over his criticism of Israel — framing it alongside the Blanche pick and Jones's own Epstein file grievances as evidence of a "social credit score" being imposed on Trump supporters.Blanche's nomination requires Senate confirmation.
